River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-07-07

even longer if you have the milk to
spare. Never stunt the calf in growth /
as il will diminish its rapid thrift, so nee |
essary to the wen developed COW. My /
own warm calf stable is within thirty |
teet OF the dairy house, where the warm /
milk as readily taken BY the butter MAX /
Ell. They drink all they all they want |
and are contented I'm very cold or |
stormy weather they do not go out Of
Inc stable, but when the genial season !
comes on they run out into a five or six |
acre blue grass lot adjoining, and Craze |
or play at their leisure as best pleases |
them. As consequence or such treat !
ment they are always in good condition, |
even To fairness for the butcher. if so |
needed, or accident occurs to them.
The stable contains an average of fif-
teen to twenty in number of feeding
calves, according TO the season, and
| Winter calves are as easily reared as
Spring calves. Il. +. ALLEN in Stock
man and Farmer
EDUCATING BOYS FOR THE FARM.
The farmer who has sons to train to
be his assistants and hopes to see them
love and take the care from his shout
ders when he is old should take great
pains to instruct them in the best way
of doing things. Teach them to look
for a reason for all they do. 1t is much
easier to form a right habit than to break
up wrong, careless one, and the boy
who learns TO do well all that he does
will not only be more successful as
farmer, but will love his calling more.
To one who looks for the reason of
things and becomes familiar with ma
ture, the fife of a farmer becomes a
perpetual delight, but to the farmer
who plods along in the old ruts,
putting no thought or study
into his work it seems all drudg-
cry and =, nances of success are
small.-Correspondent National Stock
man
CURING HAY WITHOUT BLEACHING.
This is essential to the best quality
of hay. The common practice OF let
ting the grass lie in the swath without
stirring is both slow and wasteful
method of curing hay. When the yield
is large-as it generally will be under
good farm management-the upper
layer of grass will dry out and will
sometimes become bleached by sun and
dew before the lower layer viii be even
wilted What we need to secure is
the rapid and uniform curing Of the
entire swath of grass. For this pur-
pose the hay tedder is invaluable.
Next to the mower and rake, consider
the tedder the most important nipple
ment in the bayfield,. 1t lifts, loOsens.
and, to some extent, turns the grass.
thus exposing the damper portions
more fully 10 the sun and facilitating
the circulation Of the air through the
entire mass. The tedder should be- passed
over the cut grass more or less frequent
ly according to the rate of drying, but
rs soon as the leaves become dry and
begin to break off its use should be dis
continued. Correspondent Breeders
Gazette.
TRY IT
Here is bit of wisdom from the
Husbandman: "A good thing for any
farmer to do on a Summer day when
he can spend time is 10 take his wife in
his best carriage with a safe horse in
front, and drive alongneighboring farms
to see how crops look, how they are
cultivated; TO look at the orchards and
gardens; III short, to get new ideas and
the freshening that day of rest gives.
SWEET CORN.
Sweet corn is a crop of great value to
the stock, and can be grown to its full
development if planted any time in June
or quite early in July. If one can not
get Stowell's evergreen, which / consid-
er the best stock. some smaller variety
may be planted OF, if sweet corn seed
can not be had, plant an early variety
of field corn, have planted field corn
the last week in June which passed the
roasting ear stage before frost and gave
good satisfaction for feeding hogs and
cattle. ! think the Stowell sweet corn
will give more feed to the acre. however.
as the stalks are not so coarse and seem
more palatable, and many of the stalks
will bear two ears. Often when cOnven-
/ lent to n good market the ears NAV be
sold for enough to buy more good sound
corn than could be grown on two acres, !
and the stalks will be worth for the cat
tie more than enough to pay all the ex-
J penses of growing, including ground
rent. Get the land in fine condition for
Summer planting, and if there is not
abundant moisture step on the seed as
you drop each hill and press it in close
contact with the earth. Plant sweet !
corn in rows three and half feet apart, |
with hills two and half feet apart aud |
allow three stalks to the hill. This will /
give nearly $4,000 plants to an acre,
and with rich land and good cultivation
you ought to get over 1000 dozen of
marketable ears and the stalks from
each rod viii feed two cows day, or
the acre will feed ten cows month | |
have had crops Of this size planted the
first week in July.
WATER THE CHICKS.
If poultry are to be kept healthy. it
is essential that they have good sup
ply of fresh water. 1t should be con-
venient, and where there is no run
ming brood in the shade and often
renewed. ] made V shaped trough,
some three inches deep. with a float
OIL the water, not large enough to cover
all the surface, but So large that
chicken or duckling could not fall Ia be-
tween the edge of the float and the
side of the trough The float is held
by a strip on the end, so thai it oan
not tip.
POTATOE SLUGs.
Wherever potatoes are grown largely
farmers have learned to keep a sharp
lookout for the FIRST crop of slugs.
Z hese hatch in two to three weeks after J
the potatoes are up, according to the q
weather. The mature beetles are in the
field BY instinct about as soon as the q
first green shoots appear and at once
begin laying their eggs. Sometimes I
the bright yellow eggs are found on the
under side of thistle leaves when the l.
potatoes are slow to come up In 7
such cases | suppose the eggs have to =
be laid somewhere. and the beetle can 5
90 no further in her search for pota- Q
to or tomato plant. Generally when | e